Allen Parish, Louisiana (LA)

Races in Allen Parish, Louisiana:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $298 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $226 (0.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Allen Parish is $350 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $421 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $612 a month.

Cities in this county include: Oakdale, Kinder, Oberlin, Elizabeth, Reeves.

Neighboring counties: Calcasieu Parish , Geneva County, Alabama , Liberty County, Texas , Pecos County, Texas , Williamson County, Texas .

Current college students: 646
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 868 (14.2% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 1172010 or later
• 2382000 to 2009
• 2061990 to 1999
• 281980 to 1989
• 281970 to 1979
• 39Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 69.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,851
• One, attached: 89
• Two: 460
• 3 or 4: 196
• 5 to 9: 191
• 10 to 19: 16
• 20 to 49: 2
• 50 or more: 7
• Mobile homes: 2,066
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

Housing units in Allen Parish with a mortgage: 2,510 (29 second mortgage, 115 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,191

Religion statistics for Allen Parish

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Allen Parish:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 08, 2016 to April 08, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4263: March 13, 2016, FEMA Id: 4263, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Louisiana Hurricane Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 10, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4080: August 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 4080, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Ike, Incident Period: September 11, 2008 to November 07, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1792: September 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 1792, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: September 01, 2008 to September 11, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1786: September 02, 2008, FEMA Id: 1786, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 27, 2008 to September 11, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3289: August 29, 2008, FEMA Id: 3289, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 16, 2006 to November 08, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1668: November 02, 2006, FEMA Id: 1668, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Louisiana Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1607: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1607, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3260: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3260, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 26, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3212: August 27, 2005, FEMA Id: 3212, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Loss of the Space Shuttle <span class="italic">Columbia</span>, Incident Period: February 01, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3172: February 01, 2003, FEMA Id: 3172, Natural disaster type: Other
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.48% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($29,617 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.04% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($22,371 average AGI)
1.45% relocated from other states ($7,249 average AGI)

Allen Parish:	1.45%
Louisiana average:	2.51%

from Calcasieu Parish, LA	1.22% ($28,057 average AGI)
from Rapides Parish, LA	0.47% ($22,206)
from Jefferson Davis Parish, LA	0.42% ($35,833)
from Vernon Parish, LA	0.29% ($30,857)
from Harris County, TX	0.29% ($21,857)
from Beauregard Parish, LA	0.26% ($31,053)
from Evangeline Parish, LA	0.25% ($21,667)

6.03% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($29,236 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.52% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($21,784 average AGI)
1.51% relocated to other states ($7,452 average AGI)

Allen Parish:	1.51%
Louisiana average:	2.51%

to Calcasieu Parish, LA	1.26% ($31,516 average AGI)
to Rapides Parish, LA	0.65% ($31,298)
to Jefferson Davis Parish, LA	0.42% ($26,567)
to Evangeline Parish, LA	0.40% ($23,241)
to Beauregard Parish, LA	0.35% ($22,160)
to Vernon Parish, LA	0.26% ($25,105)
to Harris County, TX	0.22% ($31,000)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 7.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Allen Parish

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 18,120 (2,569 male householders, 2,405 female householders)

  3,463 spouses, 6,977 children (6,390 natural, 165 adopted, 419 stepchildren), 991 grandchildren, 298 brothers or sisters, 220 parents, 732 other relatives, 480 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,265 (1,210 male householders (1,099 living alone)), 1,643 female householders (1,526 living alone)), 393 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 4,388

Size of family households: 2,216 2-persons, 1,024 3-persons, 854 4-persons, 532 5-persons, 182 6-persons, 172 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,626 1-person, 186 2-persons, 23 3-persons.

3,152 married couples with children.
1,389 single-parent households (481 men, 908 women).

90.6% of residents of Allen speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $174,495,000 ($6,868 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,004,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $50,960,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,103,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,545,000
Federal grants: $36,810,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,778,000 ($179,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $39,298,000 ($169,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $891,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,417,000
Federal Government insurance: $35,476,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-25 per 1000 residents
State:	-20 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.19 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 392014 or later
• 2782010 to 2013
• 1,1942000 to 2009
• 1,3071990 to 1999
• 1,8231980 to 1989
• 1,7631970 to 1979
• 1,2721960 to 1969
• 1,1981950 to 1959
• 4871940 to 1949
• 4161939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Allen Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 211 room
• 52 rooms
• 2063 rooms
• 9934 rooms
• 1,2995 rooms
• 1,3736 rooms
• 9467 rooms
• 3908 rooms
• 4149+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 631 room
• 552 rooms
• 1953 rooms
• 5904 rooms
• 4475 rooms
• 4916 rooms
• 1597 rooms
• 918 rooms
• 149+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Allen Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 19no bedroom
• 611 bedroom
• 1,2772 bedrooms
• 3,2853 bedrooms
• 8874 bedrooms
• 1045+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 62no bedroom
• 1821 bedroom
• 7612 bedrooms
• 9383 bedrooms
• 1634 bedrooms
• 145+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Allen Parish, Louisiana in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 212no vehicle
• 1,9451 vehicle
• 2,2282 vehicles
• 8283 vehicles
• 3234 vehicles
• 1515+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Allen Parish population

• 432no vehicle
• 9511 vehicle
• 6452 vehicles
• 903 vehicles
• 14 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

85.9% of Allen Parish residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Louisiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 20,562
• Other state: 4,188
• Northeast: 371
• Midwest: 747
• South: 2,454
• West: 612

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 928
• Number of aged recipients: 104
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 824
• Number of recipients under 18: 114
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 576
• Number of recipients older than 64: 238
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 389
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 374